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Gallery | North Columbia: Crisis or Comeback? Chapter 1

Girls fight with bats on the basketball courts of Lorick Park, a Columbia city park across from Latimer Manor. Residents of the complex say such fights and gunshots are common. "This is Latimer Manor, " said Sabrina Hudson, who lives at the complex with her three young sons. "Anything can happen."
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Pati Gerrard, Vice President of Trent Enterprises which owns Colony Apartments, goes over a map of the complex, showing how she believes through-traffic contributes to crime around the complex.
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Two police cars sit outside the One Stop Party Shop liquor store next to the Colony Aparments. Pati Gerrard, Vice President of Trent Enterprises which owns Colony Apartments, believes foot traffic from the liquor store contributes to crime in the area.
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A security camera near the front entrance of Colony Apartments. Trent Enterprises which owns Colony Apartments, says $200,000 was recently spent for cameras throughout the complex.
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Columbia Police Department Patrol Officer B. K. Lilly removes handcuffs from a man identifying himself as "Railraod". Police had questioned the man outside of the A-1 food shop on Monticello Road then allowed him to leave. Master Patrol Officer R. Uhall fills out paper work in the squad car.
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